Bustill family

Bustill
Current regionPhiladelphia
Place of originAfrica
Europe
America
Founded1732
FounderCyrus Bustill
Connected familiesRobeson family
Douglass family

The Bustill family is a prominent American family of largely African, European and Lenape Native American descent. The family has included artists, educators, journalists and activists, both against slavery and against Jim Crow.[1]

  1. ^ Woodson, C.G. "The Bustill Family," in "Negro History Bulletin," Vol. 11, No. 7, pp. 147-148, p. 167. Washington, D.C.: The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH).